BCC EP:103 The spectre at the stables – big cats bothering horses
Big Cat Conversations
English - December 10, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsNature Science Natural Sciences wildlife britain big cats black leopards pumas lynx sightings encounters Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We hear Sue’s experience after 10 years’ worth of big cat sightings and incidents around her stables in Essex.
Her daughter and sons have had close sightings, and in one of Sue’s encounters she was next to a black panther in the stable yard at dusk.
Sue describes some severe impacts on two of the horses after close confrontations with a big cat, and she explains the ongoing extra costs she is faced with in feed and vets’ bills, managing the stables alongside the varying visits of big cats.
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